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dado
collapse
a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
cut a dado into or fit into a dado
provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"
related words >
baluster
,
balustrade
,
banister
,
base
,
baseboard
,
basement
,
bezel
,
canal
,
canalize
,
carve
,
caryatid
,
chamfer
,
channel
,
chase
,
chassis
,
chink
,
chisel
,
colonnade
,
column
,
corrugate
,
corrugation
,
crack
,
cranny
,
crimp
,
cut
,
die
,
dike
,
ditch
,
engrave
,
engraving
,
flute
,
fluting
,
foot
,
footing
,
footstalk
,
foundation
,
frame
,
furrow
,
gash
,
goffer
,
gouge
,
groove
,
gully
,
incise
,
incision
,
jack
,
keel
,
microgroove
,
mopboard
,
nadir
,
newel-post
,
pedestal
,
pedicel
,
peduncle
,
pier
,
pilaster
,
pile
,
piling
,
pillar
,
pleat
,
plinth
,
plow
,
pole
,
post
,
queen-post
,
rabbet
,
rifle
,
rifling
,
ruck
,
rut
,
score
,
scratch
,
shaft
,
shoemold
,
slit
,
socle
,
sole
,
staff
,
stalk
,
stanchion
,
stand
,
standard
,
stem
,
streak
,
stria
,
striate
,
striation
,
subbase
,
sulcation
,
sulcus
,
surbase
,
toe
,
trench
,
trough
,
trunk
,
upright
,
wainscot
,
well-worn groove
,
wrinkle
custodian
collapse
one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
related words >
MC
,
air warden
,
attendant
,
attorney
,
bailiff
,
bull
,
butler
,
caretaker
,
castellan
,
cerberus
,
char
,
charwoman
,
cleaner
,
cleaner-off
,
cleaner-up
,
cleaning lady
,
cleaning man
,
cleaning woman
,
commandant
,
conservator
,
croupier
,
curator
,
custos
,
emcee
,
factor
,
forest ranger
,
game warden
,
gamekeeper
,
gaoler
,
governor
,
guard
,
guardian
,
guardian angel
,
housekeeper
,
jailer
,
janitor
,
janitress
,
keeper
,
landreeve
,
librarian
,
lifeguard
,
lifesaver
,
majordomo
,
master of ceremonies
,
next friend
,
overseer
,
principal keeper
,
prison guard
,
prochein ami
,
proctor
,
procurator
,
ranger
,
screw
,
seneschal
,
shepherd
,
steward
,
supervisor
,
turnkey
,
warden
,
warder
,
watchdog
derby
collapse
related words >
Le Mans
,
Olympic games
,
Olympics
,
air race
,
automobile race
,
bicycle race
,
boat race
,
bout
,
concours
,
contest
,
contest of speed
,
cross-country race
,
dash
,
dog race
,
drag race
,
encounter
,
endurance race
,
engagement
,
fight
,
footrace
,
game
,
games
,
go
,
gymkhana
,
heat
,
hurdle race
,
joust
,
lap
,
marathon
,
marathon race
,
match
,
match race
,
matching
,
meet
,
meeting
,
motorcycle race
,
obstacle race
,
potato race
,
race
,
rally
,
regatta
,
relay
,
relay race
,
rencontre
,
road race
,
run
,
sack race
,
speedway race
,
sprint
,
sprint race
,
stock-car race
,
test
,
three-legged race
,
tilt
,
torch race
,
tournament
,
tourney
,
track race
,
trial
,
walk
,
yacht race
benthos
collapse
organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
related words >
Bassalia
,
Loch Ness monster
,
abyss
,
abyssal zone
,
alevin
,
bathyal zone
,
benthon
,
bottom waters
,
bottomless depths
,
cetacean
,
dolphin
,
fingerling
,
fish
,
fry
,
game fish
,
grilse
,
ground
,
inner space
,
kipper
,
man-eater
,
man-eating shark
,
marine animal
,
minnow
,
minny
,
nekton
,
ocean bottom
,
ocean depths
,
ocean floor
,
panfish
,
pelagic zone
,
plankton
,
porpoise
,
salmon
,
sea monster
,
sea pig
,
sea serpent
,
sea snake
,
shark
,
smolt
,
sponge
,
the deep
,
the deep sea
,
the deeps
,
the depths
,
trench
,
tropical fish
,
whale
molder
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
age
,
antiquate
,
atomize
,
become extinct
,
become obsolete
,
break down
,
break up
,
calm
,
calm down
,
canker
,
carver
,
cease
,
chaser
,
clay modeler
,
come apart
,
consume
,
corrode
,
corrupt
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
date
,
decay
,
decompose
,
die down
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disorganize
,
dissolve
,
dwindle
,
earth artist
,
ebb
,
erode
,
fade
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
figurer
,
figuriste
,
fission
,
fossilize
,
fust
,
gangrene
,
gem carver
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
graver
,
grow old
,
halt
,
lose currency
,
lull
,
mason
,
mildew
,
modeler
,
mold
,
monumental mason
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
obsolesce
,
outdate
,
pacify
,
perish
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
rankle
,
rot
,
rust
,
sculptor
,
sculptress
,
sculpturer
,
soothe
,
sphacelate
,
split
,
spoil
,
statuary
,
stonecutter
,
stop
,
subside
,
superannuate
,
suppurate
,
taint
,
tranquilize
,
turn
,
wane
,
waste away
,
wax modeler
,
wear away
,
wood carver
gritty
collapse
related words >
abrasive
,
arenaceous
,
arenarious
,
arenose
,
brave
,
breccial
,
brecciated
,
bulldoggish
,
coarse
,
coarse-grained
,
courageous
,
craggy
,
cross-grained
,
crystal
,
crystalline
,
dauntless
,
determined
,
doughty
,
fearless
,
firm
,
game
,
gamy
,
grained
,
grainy
,
granular
,
granulate
,
granulated
,
gravelly
,
gross
,
gutsy
,
gutty
,
hardy
,
intrepid
,
lapideous
,
lithoid
,
lithoidal
,
mettlesome
,
monolithic
,
nervy
,
pebbled
,
pebbly
,
persistent
,
pertinacious
,
plucky
,
porphyritic
,
rasping
,
red-blooded
,
resolute
,
rock-ribbed
,
rock-strewn
,
rock-studded
,
rocklike
,
rocky
,
rough
,
sabulous
,
sandy
,
shingled
,
shingly
,
spirited
,
spiritful
,
spunky
,
stalwart
,
staunch
,
stonelike
,
stony
,
tenacious
,
tough
,
trachytic
,
unrefined
,
valorous
pier
collapse
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
a support for two adjacent bridge spans
(architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
related words >
abutment
,
anchorage
,
anchorage ground
,
arc-boutant
,
arcade
,
atlas
,
baluster
,
balustrade
,
banister
,
bank
,
base
,
basin
,
beam
,
berth
,
breakwater
,
bulkhead
,
bulwark
,
buttress
,
buttress pier
,
buttressing
,
caryatid
,
colonnade
,
colonnette
,
column
,
dado
,
die
,
dock
,
dockage
,
dockyard
,
dry dock
,
embankment
,
flying buttress
,
footstalk
,
groin
,
hanging buttress
,
harbor
,
harborage
,
haven
,
jack
,
jetty
,
jutty
,
landing
,
landing place
,
landing stage
,
levee
,
marina
,
mole
,
moorings
,
newel-post
,
pedestal
,
pedicel
,
peduncle
,
peristyle
,
pier buttress
,
pilaster
,
pile
,
piling
,
pillar
,
plinth
,
pole
,
port
,
portico
,
post
,
protected anchorage
,
quay
,
queen-post
,
rampart
,
retaining wall
,
road
,
roads
,
roadstead
,
seaport
,
seawall
,
shaft
,
shipyard
,
shoulder
,
slip
,
socle
,
staff
,
stalk
,
stanchion
,
stand
,
standard
,
stem
,
subbase
,
support
,
surbase
,
telamon
,
trunk
,
upright
,
wharf
,
wharfage
well-disposed
collapse
related words >
acquiescent
,
advocating
,
agreeable
,
alacritous
,
amenable
,
amiable
,
amicable
,
approving
,
ardent
,
backing
,
beneficent
,
benevolent
,
benign
,
benignant
,
brotherly
,
compliant
,
congenial
,
consenting
,
content
,
cooperative
,
disposed
,
docile
,
eager
,
enthusiastic
,
fain
,
favorable
,
favorably disposed
,
favorably inclined
,
favoring
,
forward
,
fraternal
,
friendlike
,
friendly
,
game
,
harmonious
,
in the mind
,
in the mood
,
inclined
,
kind
,
kindly
,
kindly-disposed
,
minded
,
neighborlike
,
neighborly
,
peaceable
,
pleasant
,
pliant
,
predisposed
,
pro
,
prompt
,
prone
,
propitious
,
quick
,
ready
,
ready and willing
,
receptive
,
responsive
,
sib
,
simpatico
,
sisterly
,
sociable
,
supporting
,
sympathique
,
tractable
,
unhostile
,
well-affected
,
well-inclined
,
well-intentioned
,
well-meaning
,
well-meant
,
willed
,
willing
,
willinghearted
,
zealous
museum
collapse
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
related words >
British Museum
,
Festschrift
,
Guggenheim Museum
,
Hermitage
,
Indian reservation
,
Louvre
,
Metropolitan Museum
,
National Gallery
,
Prado
,
Rijksmuseum
,
Tate Gallery
,
Uffizi
,
ana
,
anthology
,
aquarium
,
archives
,
art gallery
,
bank
,
bird sanctuary
,
body
,
chrestomathy
,
collectanea
,
collection
,
compilation
,
corpus
,
curatorship
,
data
,
florilegium
,
forest preserve
,
fund
,
gallery
,
game reserve
,
holdings
,
library
,
menagerie
,
museology
,
national forest
,
national park
,
paradise
,
park
,
picture gallery
,
pinacotheca
,
preserve
,
raw data
,
reservation
,
reserve
,
salon
,
sanctuary
,
state forest
,
store
,
treasure
,
wilderness preserve
,
wildlife preserve
,
zoo
acquiesce
collapse
related words >
abide by
,
accede
,
accept
,
acclaim
,
accommodate
,
acquiesce in
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
agree
,
agree to
,
agree with
,
applaud
,
assent
,
be agreeable
,
be agreeable to
,
be dying to
,
be eager
,
be game
,
be open to
,
be persuaded
,
be ready
,
be spoiling for
,
be willing
,
bow
,
buy
,
cheer
,
coincide
,
collaborate
,
come around
,
come over
,
come round
,
come to
,
comply
,
comply with
,
concur
,
consent
,
cooperate
,
face the music
,
fall in with
,
give the nod
,
go along with
,
hail
,
hold with
,
in toto
,
incline
,
knock under
,
knuckle down
,
knuckle under
,
lean
,
live with it
,
look kindly upon
,
nod
,
nod assent
,
not hesitate to
,
not resist
,
obey
,
plunge into
,
receive
,
reconcile
,
relent
,
resign
,
submit
,
subscribe
,
subscribe to
,
succumb
,
swallow it
,
swallow the pill
,
take
,
take it
,
take kindly to
,
vote for
,
welcome
,
would as leave
,
would as lief
,
yes
,
yield assent
ranger
collapse
related words >
Audubon Society
,
Gurkhas
,
National Wildlife Service
,
SS
,
Sierra Club
,
Special Forces
,
Waffen-SS
,
air warden
,
arboriculturist
,
attendant
,
caretaker
,
castellan
,
conservationist
,
conservator
,
curator
,
custodian
,
deliverer
,
elite corps
,
elite troops
,
forest ranger
,
forester
,
game warden
,
gamekeeper
,
governor
,
guardian
,
guardian angel
,
guardsmen
,
janitor
,
keeper
,
lifeguard
,
lifesaver
,
logger
,
lumberjack
,
lumberman
,
marines
,
next friend
,
paratroops
,
preservationist
,
preserver
,
prochein ami
,
rescuer
,
safekeeper
,
saver
,
savior
,
shepherd
,
shock troops
,
silviculturist
,
special troops
,
steward
,
storm troops
,
taxidermist
,
timberman
,
tree farmer
,
warden
,
warder
,
wood chopper
,
woodcraftsman
,
woodcutter
,
woodman
,
woodsman
plankton
collapse
the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
related words >
Iceland moss
,
Irish moss
,
Loch Ness monster
,
alevin
,
benthon
,
benthos
,
brown algae
,
cetacean
,
conferva
,
dolphin
,
dulse
,
fingerling
,
fish
,
fry
,
fucoid
,
fucus
,
game fish
,
green algae
,
grilse
,
gulfweed
,
kelp
,
kipper
,
lichen
,
man-eater
,
man-eating shark
,
marine animal
,
minnow
,
minny
,
nekton
,
panfish
,
phytoplankton
,
pond scum
,
porpoise
,
red algae
,
reindeer moss
,
rockweed
,
salmon
,
sargasso
,
sargassum
,
scum
,
sea monster
,
sea moss
,
sea pig
,
sea serpent
,
sea snake
,
sea wrack
,
seaweed
,
shark
,
smolt
,
sponge
,
tropical fish
,
whale
,
wrack
swindle
collapse
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
related words >
abstract
,
abstraction
,
and
,
annex
,
annexation
,
appropriate
,
appropriation
,
bag
,
ballot-box stuffing
,
bamboozle
,
beat
,
beguile of
,
bilk
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
boost
,
boosting
,
borrow
,
buffalo
,
bunco
,
burn
,
cardsharping
,
cheat
,
cheating
,
chicanery
,
chisel
,
chouse
,
chouse out of
,
clinquant
,
clip
,
cog
,
cog the dice
,
con
,
con game
,
confidence game
,
conversion
,
conveyance
,
cop
,
counterfeit
,
cozen
,
cozenage
,
crib
,
deceive
,
deception
,
defraud
,
defrauding
,
diddle
,
diddling
,
dishonesty
,
do
,
do in
,
do out of
,
dodge
,
dummy
,
dupe
,
embezzle
,
embezzlement
,
euchre
,
exploit
,
extort
,
fake
,
fakement
,
fiddle
,
filch
,
filching
,
finagle
,
fishy transaction
,
flam
,
fleece
,
flimflam
,
fob
,
fool
,
forgery
,
frame-up
,
fraud
,
fraudulence
,
fraudulency
,
fudge
,
gerrymandering
,
gouge
,
graft
,
grift
,
gull
,
gyp
,
gyp joint
,
have
,
hoax
,
hocus
,
hocus-pocus
,
hold up
,
hoodwink
,
hook
,
humbug
,
illicit business
,
imitation
,
imposition
,
impostor
,
imposture
,
junk
,
knavery
,
liberation
,
lift
,
lifting
,
make off with
,
mock
,
mulct
,
nip
,
overcharge
,
overprice
,
overtax
,
pack the deal
,
palm
,
paste
,
phony
,
pigeon
,
pilfer
,
pilferage
,
pilfering
,
pinch
,
pinchbeck
,
pinching
,
pluck
,
poach
,
poaching
,
practice fraud upon
,
profiteer
,
purloin
,
put-on
,
put-up job
,
racket
,
rip-off
,
rogue
,
rook
,
run away with
,
rustle
,
scam
,
screw
,
scrounge
,
scrounging
,
sell
,
sell gold bricks
,
sham
,
sharp practice
,
shave
,
shoddy
,
shoplift
,
shoplifting
,
shortchange
,
simulacrum
,
skin
,
snare
,
snatch
,
snatching
,
sneak thievery
,
snitch
,
snitching
,
soak
,
stack the cards
,
steal
,
stealage
,
stealing
,
stick
,
sting
,
surcharge
,
swindling
,
swipe
,
swiping
,
take
,
take a dive
,
take in
,
theft
,
thieve
,
thievery
,
thieving
,
thimblerig
,
thimblerigging
,
throw a fight
,
tinsel
,
trick
,
trickery
,
victimize
,
walk off with
,
whited sepulcher
joy
collapse
something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
the emotion of great happiness
related words >
amusement
,
be in heaven
,
be pleased
,
beam
,
beatification
,
beatitude
,
bewitchment
,
blessedness
,
bliss
,
blissfulness
,
caper
,
caracole
,
carol
,
cheer
,
cheerfulness
,
chirp
,
chirrup
,
clap hands
,
cloud nine
,
crow
,
crow over
,
dance
,
delectation
,
delight
,
die with delight
,
ecstasy
,
ecstatics
,
elation
,
enchantment
,
enjoyment
,
exaltation
,
exhilaration
,
exuberance
,
exult
,
feel happy
,
felicity
,
frisk
,
frivolity
,
frolic
,
fruition
,
fun
,
gaiety
,
gambol
,
gladness
,
glee
,
gleefulness
,
gloat
,
gloat over
,
glory
,
go into raptures
,
happiness
,
heaven
,
high glee
,
high spirits
,
hilariousness
,
hilarity
,
intoxication
,
jocularity
,
jocundity
,
jolliness
,
jollity
,
joviality
,
joyance
,
joyfulness
,
joyousness
,
jubilate
,
laugh
,
laughter
,
levity
,
lilt
,
merriment
,
merriness
,
mirth
,
mirthfulness
,
overhappiness
,
overjoyfulness
,
paradise
,
purr
,
rapture
,
ravishment
,
rejoice
,
revel
,
rollick
,
romp
,
seventh heaven
,
sing
,
skip
,
skip for joy
,
smile
,
sunshine
,
take great satisfaction
,
transport
,
tread on air
,
triumph
,
unalloyed happiness
,
whistle
gamy
collapse
related words >
bad
,
bad-smelling
,
blown
,
bulldoggish
,
fecal
,
fetid
,
foul
,
frowsty
,
frowy
,
frowzy
,
fulsome
,
funky
,
fusty
,
game
,
graveolent
,
gritty
,
gutsy
,
gutty
,
high
,
high-tasted
,
ill-smelling
,
malodorous
,
mephitic
,
mettlesome
,
miasmal
,
miasmic
,
mildewed
,
mildewy
,
moldy
,
musty
,
nervy
,
nidorous
,
noisome
,
noxious
,
odorous
,
off
,
offensive
,
olid
,
pertinacious
,
plucky
,
putrid
,
rancid
,
rank
,
reasty
,
reasy
,
red-blooded
,
reechy
,
reeking
,
reeky
,
repulsive
,
resolute
,
rotten
,
smellful
,
smelling
,
smelly
,
sour
,
soured
,
spirited
,
spiritful
,
spunky
,
stale
,
stenchy
,
stinking
,
stinky
,
strong
,
strong-flavored
,
strong-tasting
,
stuffy
,
sulfurous
,
tainted
,
tenacious
,
tough
,
turned
,
vile
mockery
collapse
related words >
a continental
,
a curse
,
a damn
,
a darn
,
a hoot
,
absurdity
,
abuse
,
affront
,
aggressive mimicry
,
apery
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
bagatelle
,
banter
,
bauble
,
bean
,
bibelot
,
bit
,
booing
,
brass farthing
,
brickbat
,
burlesque
,
butt
,
button
,
byword
,
byword of reproach
,
caricature
,
casuistry
,
catcalling
,
cent
,
chaffing
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crossed fingers
,
cryptic mimicry
,
curio
,
cut
,
decrial
,
derision
,
despite
,
disappointment
,
disdain
,
disingenuousness
,
disparagement
,
dump
,
dupe
,
emptiness
,
enormity
,
fair game
,
farce
,
farthing
,
feather
,
fig
,
figure of fun
,
fleabite
,
fleering
,
flippancy
,
flout
,
flouting
,
folderol
,
fool
,
fooling
,
fribble
,
frippery
,
game
,
gaud
,
gazingstock
,
gewgaw
,
gibe
,
gimcrack
,
goat
,
grinning
,
hair
,
halfpenny
,
hill of beans
,
hissing
,
hollow mockery
,
hollowness
,
hooting
,
humiliation
,
imitation
,
impersonation
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insincerity
,
insult
,
jeer
,
jeering
,
jest
,
jester
,
jestingstock
,
jesuitry
,
joke
,
joshing
,
kickshaw
,
knickknack
,
knickknackery
,
lampoon
,
laugh
,
laughingstock
,
leering
,
levity
,
mimicry
,
minikin
,
miscarriage
,
mock
,
molehill
,
monkey
,
offense
,
outrage
,
panning
,
parody
,
parrotry
,
pasquinade
,
pastiche
,
peppercorn
,
picayune
,
pilgarlic
,
pin
,
pinch of snuff
,
pinprick
,
playing possum
,
protective coloration
,
put-down
,
ragging
,
raillery
,
rallying
,
rap
,
razzing
,
red cent
,
ridicule
,
roasting
,
row of pins
,
rush
,
satire
,
scoff
,
scoffing
,
scorn
,
scurrility
,
semblance
,
sham
,
shit
,
smart-aleckiness
,
smartness
,
smirking
,
snap
,
sneering
,
sneeshing
,
snickering
,
sniggering
,
snorting
,
sophistry
,
sou
,
spoof
,
sport
,
squib
,
stock
,
straw
,
synaposematic mimicry
,
take-off
,
takeoff
,
target
,
taunt
,
taunting
,
tongue in cheek
,
toy
,
travesty
,
trifle
,
trinket
,
triviality
,
tuppence
,
twitting
,
two cents
,
twopence
,
uncandidness
,
uncandor
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
unfrankness
,
victim
,
whim-wham
,
wicked imitation
dry run
collapse
related words >
Gedankenexperiment
,
action
,
air cover
,
air raid
,
air support
,
amphibious operations
,
audition
,
bench test
,
bombing
,
combined operations
,
cover
,
flight test
,
fluid operations
,
hearing
,
logistics
,
maneuver
,
maneuvers
,
military operations
,
milk run
,
minor operations
,
mission
,
movement
,
operation
,
operations
,
overseas operations
,
pilot plan
,
practical test
,
practice
,
reconnaissance
,
reconnaissance mission
,
rehearsal
,
road test
,
scramble
,
shakedown
,
shakedown cruise
,
shuttle raid
,
sortie
,
staff work
,
strafing
,
test flight
,
test run
,
training mission
,
trial run
,
tryout
,
umbrella
,
war game
,
war plans
,
workout
playroom
collapse
related words >
archery ground
,
athletic field
,
badminton court
,
baseball field
,
basketball court
,
billiard parlor
,
bowling alley
,
bowling green
,
course
,
court
,
cricket ground
,
croquet ground
,
croquet lawn
,
diamond
,
fairway
,
family room
,
field
,
football field
,
game room
,
glaciarium
,
golf course
,
golf links
,
gridiron
,
gym
,
gymnasium
,
ice rink
,
infield
,
links
,
outfield
,
oval
,
playground
,
playing field
,
polo ground
,
pool hall
,
poolroom
,
putting green
,
racecourse
,
racket court
,
rec room
,
recreation room
,
rink
,
rumpus room
,
skating rink
,
soccer field
,
squash court
,
stretch
,
tennis court
,
track
,
turf
swan
collapse
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
related words >
alabaster
,
avifauna
,
baby bird
,
bird
,
bird of Jove
,
bird of Juno
,
bird of Minerva
,
bird of night
,
bird of passage
,
bird of prey
,
birdie
,
birdlife
,
birdy
,
cage bird
,
chalk
,
chick
,
cygnet
,
diving bird
,
dove
,
driven snow
,
eagle
,
eaglet
,
fish-eating bird
,
fledgling
,
fleece
,
flightless bird
,
flour
,
foam
,
fowl
,
fruit-eating bird
,
fulmar
,
game bird
,
insect-eating bird
,
ivory
,
lily
,
maggot
,
migrant
,
migratory bird
,
milk
,
nestling
,
oscine bird
,
owl
,
paper
,
passerine bird
,
peacock
,
peafowl
,
peahen
,
pearl
,
perching bird
,
pigeon
,
ratite
,
sea bird
,
seed-eating bird
,
sheet
,
shore bird
,
silver
,
snow
,
songbird
,
squab
,
storm petrel
,
stormy petrel
,
wading bird
,
warbler
,
water bird
,
waterfowl
,
wildfowl
ease off
collapse
related words >
abate
,
arrest
,
avert
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bate
,
bear off
,
brake
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
detain
,
die down
,
diffuse
,
disjoin
,
disperse
,
draw aside
,
draw rein
,
ease
,
ease up
,
ebb
,
edge off
,
fall
,
fly off
,
free
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
haw
,
head off
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
jib
,
keep back
,
lax
,
let down
,
let go
,
let up
,
let up on
,
loose
,
loosen
,
loosen up
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make way for
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
move aside
,
obstruct
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
relent
,
remit
,
retard
,
scatter
,
set back
,
sheer off
,
shove aside
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
stay
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
subside
,
switch
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unglue
,
unlax
,
unleash
,
unstick
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
untighten
,
unwind
,
veer off
,
wane
intrigue
collapse
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
a clandestine love affair
cause to be interested or curious
related words >
Byzantine intrigues
,
absorb
,
adulterous affair
,
adultery
,
affair
,
amor
,
amour
,
angle
,
appeal
,
art
,
artful dodge
,
artfulness
,
artifice
,
attract
,
backstairs influence
,
becharm
,
beguile
,
bewitch
,
blind
,
brew
,
cabal
,
captivate
,
carry away
,
cast a spell
,
charm
,
chicanery
,
cogitate
,
collogue
,
collude
,
collusion
,
complicity
,
complot
,
concoct
,
confederacy
,
connections
,
connivance
,
connive
,
conspiracy
,
conspire
,
contrivance
,
contrive
,
contriving
,
cook up
,
countermine
,
counterplot
,
coup
,
covin
,
craft
,
craftiness
,
credibility gap
,
cuckoldry
,
cute trick
,
deals
,
deceit
,
deceitfulness
,
deception
,
deep-laid plot
,
design
,
device
,
devise
,
disingenuousness
,
dodge
,
double-dealing
,
enchant
,
engineer
,
engineering
,
enrapture
,
enravish
,
entanglement
,
enthrall
,
entrance
,
eternal triangle
,
excite
,
expedient
,
fakement
,
falseheartedness
,
fascinate
,
feint
,
fetch
,
finagle
,
finagling
,
finesse
,
flirtation
,
forbidden love
,
forswearing
,
frame
,
frame up
,
frame-up
,
fraud
,
gambit
,
game
,
games
,
gerrymander
,
gimmick
,
grift
,
guile
,
hanky-panky
,
hatch
,
hatch a plot
,
hatch up
,
hypnotize
,
illicit love
,
infatuate
,
infidelity
,
influence peddling
,
insincerity
,
interest
,
intimacy
,
intrigues
,
jockey
,
jugglery
,
knavery
,
lay a plot
,
liaison
,
little game
,
lobbying
,
lobbyism
,
love affair
,
machinate
,
machination
,
maneuver
,
maneuvering
,
manipulate
,
manipulation
,
mesmerize
,
move
,
operate
,
perjury
,
pique
,
play games
,
plot
,
plotting
,
ploy
,
ploys
,
practice
,
pull strings
,
racket
,
red herring
,
rig
,
rigging
,
romance
,
romantic tie
,
ropes
,
ruse
,
scheme
,
schemery
,
schemes
,
scheming
,
sharp practice
,
shift
,
sleight
,
spell
,
spellbind
,
stratagem
,
strategy
,
strings
,
subterfuge
,
tactic
,
titillate
,
transport
,
triangle
,
trick
,
trickery
,
uncandidness
,
uncandor
,
underplot
,
unfaithfulness
,
unfrankness
,
unsincereness
,
untruthfulness
,
vamp
,
wangle
,
web of intrigue
,
wile
,
wily device
,
wire-pulling
,
wires
,
witch
limping
collapse
related words >
ambling
,
bad
,
castrated
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
claudicant
,
crawling
,
creeping
,
creeping like snail
,
crippled
,
deliberate
,
disabled
,
easy
,
emasculated
,
faltering
,
flagging
,
foot-dragging
,
game
,
gentle
,
gradual
,
halt
,
halting
,
hamstrung
,
handicapped
,
hobbled
,
hobbling
,
idle
,
incapacitated
,
indolent
,
lame
,
languid
,
languorous
,
lazy
,
leisurely
,
lumbering
,
maimed
,
moderate
,
poking
,
poky
,
relaxed
,
reluctant
,
sauntering
,
shuffling
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
slow as death
,
slow as molasses
,
slow as slow
,
slow-crawling
,
slow-foot
,
slow-going
,
slow-legged
,
slow-moving
,
slow-paced
,
slow-poky
,
slow-running
,
slow-sailing
,
slow-stepped
,
sluggish
,
snail-paced
,
snaillike
,
spavined
,
staggering
,
strolling
,
tentative
,
toddling
,
tortoiselike
,
tottering
,
trudging
,
turtlelike
,
unhurried
,
waddling
point at
collapse
related words >
address to
,
advert to
,
aim
,
aim at
,
allude to
,
be taken as
,
bend
,
bring to attention
,
bring to notice
,
call attention to
,
cite
,
denominate
,
denote
,
deride
,
designate
,
determine
,
direct
,
direct attention to
,
direct to
,
directionize
,
emblematize
,
figure
,
finger
,
fix
,
fix on
,
focus on
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
hold on
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
level at
,
make fun of
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
mention
,
name
,
pan
,
pick out
,
pillory
,
point
,
point out
,
point to
,
poke fun at
,
present
,
put one on
,
rag
,
razz
,
refer to
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
select
,
set
,
sight on
,
smile at
,
snicker at
,
snigger at
,
specify
,
stand for
,
stigmatize
,
symbol
,
symbolize
,
touch on
,
train
,
train upon
,
turn
,
turn upon
,
typify
disposed
collapse
related words >
acquiescent
,
agreeable
,
alacritous
,
aligned
,
amenable
,
apt
,
apt to
,
ardent
,
arranged
,
arrayed
,
assorted
,
bent
,
calculated to
,
categorized
,
classified
,
compliant
,
composed
,
consenting
,
constituted
,
content
,
cooperative
,
disposed to
,
dispositioned
,
docile
,
eager
,
enthusiastic
,
fain
,
favorable
,
favorably disposed
,
favorably inclined
,
fixed
,
forward
,
game
,
given
,
given to
,
graded
,
grouped
,
harmonized
,
in the mind
,
in the mood
,
inclined
,
inclined to
,
liable
,
liable to
,
likely
,
likely to
,
marshaled
,
methodized
,
minded
,
minded to
,
normalized
,
ordered
,
orderly
,
organized
,
placed
,
pliant
,
predisposed
,
predisposed to
,
prompt
,
prone
,
prone to
,
quick
,
ranged
,
ranked
,
ready
,
ready and willing
,
ready to
,
receptive
,
regularized
,
regulated
,
responsive
,
routinized
,
sorted
,
standardized
,
subject
,
synchronized
,
systematized
,
tractable
,
well-disposed
,
well-inclined
,
willed
,
willing
,
willinghearted
,
zealous
tourney
collapse
engage in a tourney
related words >
Highland games
,
Olympiad
,
Olympic games
,
Olympics
,
battle
,
bout
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
carousel
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
concours
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
derby
,
duel
,
encounter
,
engagement
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
field day
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
game
,
games
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
go
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
gymkhana
,
jostle
,
joust
,
match
,
matching
,
meet
,
meeting
,
mix it up
,
quarrel
,
rally
,
rassle
,
regatta
,
rencontre
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
strive
,
struggle
,
test
,
the Olympics
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
tournament
,
track meet
,
trial
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
wrestle
long suffering
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
acceptance
,
accepting
,
armed with patience
,
benevolence
,
benevolent
,
charitable
,
charitableness
,
charity
,
conciliatory
,
condonation
,
disciplined
,
disregard
,
easiness
,
endurance
,
endurant
,
enduring
,
forbearance
,
forbearant
,
forbearing
,
forbearingness
,
forgiveness
,
forgiving
,
forgivingness
,
fortitude
,
generous
,
generousness
,
humility
,
indulgence
,
indulgent
,
kind
,
kindness
,
lenience
,
leniency
,
lenient
,
lenity
,
long-sufferance
,
longanimity
,
longanimous
,
lowliness
,
magnanimity
,
magnanimous
,
meekness
,
overlooking
,
patience
,
patience of Job
,
patient
,
patient as Job
,
patientness
,
permissiveness
,
perseverance
,
persevering
,
philosophical
,
placable
,
resignation
,
self-control
,
self-controlled
,
sparing
,
stoic
,
stoicism
,
subduedness
,
sufferance
,
sweet reasonableness
,
tolerance
,
tolerant
,
tolerating
,
toleration
,
tolerative
,
uncomplainingness
,
understanding
,
unresentful
,
unrevengeful
,
unrevengefulness
,
waiting game
,
waiting it out
amusement
collapse
a feeling of delight at being entertained
related words >
animal pleasure
,
beguilement
,
bodily pleasure
,
carnal delight
,
comfort
,
content
,
contentment
,
coziness
,
creature comforts
,
dissipation
,
distraction
,
diversion
,
divertissement
,
ease
,
endpleasure
,
enjoyment
,
entertainment
,
euphoria
,
forepleasure
,
frivolity
,
fruition
,
fun
,
game
,
glee
,
gleefulness
,
gratification
,
great satisfaction
,
gusto
,
hearty enjoyment
,
high glee
,
hilariousness
,
hilarity
,
intellectual pleasure
,
jocularity
,
jocundity
,
joie de vivre
,
joke
,
jolliness
,
jollity
,
joviality
,
joy
,
joyfulness
,
joyousness
,
keen pleasure
,
kicks
,
lark
,
laughter
,
levity
,
luxury
,
merriment
,
merriness
,
mirth
,
mirthfulness
,
pastime
,
physical pleasure
,
pleasure
,
quiet pleasure
,
recreation
,
relaxation
,
relish
,
satisfaction
,
self-gratification
,
self-indulgence
,
sensual pleasure
,
sensuous pleasure
,
sexual pleasure
,
sport
,
sweetness of life
,
titillation
,
voluptuousness
,
well-being
,
zest
specialization
collapse
the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"
the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
related words >
alteration
,
analysis
,
anatomization
,
area
,
art
,
atomization
,
bag
,
business
,
calling
,
career
,
career building
,
careerism
,
change
,
craft
,
cup of tea
,
demarcation
,
desynonymization
,
differencing
,
differentiation
,
discrimination
,
disequalization
,
disjunction
,
distinction
,
distinguishment
,
diversification
,
division
,
field
,
forte
,
game
,
handicraft
,
individualization
,
individuation
,
itemization
,
lifework
,
line
,
line of business
,
line of work
,
localization
,
long suit
,
main interest
,
manner
,
metier
,
mission
,
modification
,
mystery
,
number
,
occupation
,
particularization
,
peculiarization
,
personalization
,
pet subject
,
practice
,
profession
,
pursuit
,
racket
,
segregation
,
separation
,
severalization
,
severance
,
specialism
,
speciality
,
specialty
,
strong point
,
style
,
technicality
,
thing
,
trade
,
type
,
variation
,
vocation
,
walk
,
walk of life
,
way
,
weakness
,
work
Loch Ness monster
collapse
a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
related words >
Argus
,
Briareus
,
Cerberus
,
Charybdis
,
Cyclops
,
Echidna
,
Gorgon
,
Harpy
,
Hydra
,
Medusa
,
Minotaur
,
Pegasus
,
Python
,
Scylla
,
Sphinx
,
Talos
,
Typhon
,
alevin
,
benthon
,
benthos
,
centaur
,
cetacean
,
chimera
,
cockatrice
,
dolphin
,
dragon
,
drake
,
fingerling
,
fish
,
fry
,
game fish
,
griffin
,
grilse
,
hippocampus
,
kipper
,
man-eater
,
man-eating shark
,
marine animal
,
mermaid
,
merman
,
minnow
,
minny
,
nekton
,
nixie
,
ogre
,
ogress
,
panfish
,
plankton
,
porpoise
,
roc
,
salamander
,
salmon
,
satyr
,
sea horse
,
sea monster
,
sea pig
,
sea serpent
,
sea snake
,
shark
,
siren
,
smolt
,
sponge
,
troll
,
tropical fish
,
unicorn
,
vampire
,
werewolf
,
whale
,
windigo
,
xiphopagus
,
zombie
owl
collapse
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
related words >
angry clouds
,
avifauna
,
baby bird
,
bird
,
bird of Jove
,
bird of Juno
,
bird of Minerva
,
bird of night
,
bird of passage
,
bird of prey
,
birdie
,
birdlife
,
birdy
,
black cat
,
black clouds
,
broken mirror
,
cage bird
,
chick
,
cygnet
,
diving bird
,
dove
,
eagle
,
eaglet
,
fish-eating bird
,
fledgling
,
flightless bird
,
fowl
,
fruit-eating bird
,
fulmar
,
game bird
,
gathering clouds
,
halcyon bird
,
insect-eating bird
,
migrant
,
migratory bird
,
nestling
,
oscine bird
,
passerine bird
,
peacock
,
peafowl
,
peahen
,
perching bird
,
pigeon
,
rainbow
,
ratite
,
raven
,
sea bird
,
seed-eating bird
,
shooting star
,
shore bird
,
songbird
,
squab
,
storm clouds
,
storm petrel
,
stormy petrel
,
swan
,
thundercloud
,
thunderhead
,
wading bird
,
warbler
,
water bird
,
waterfowl
,
wildfowl
diminish
collapse
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
related words >
abase
,
abash
,
abate
,
abbreviate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
adjust to
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
allow for
,
alter
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
belittle
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
boil down
,
box in
,
bring down
,
bring low
,
chasten
,
cheapen
,
circumscribe
,
clip
,
close
,
color
,
compress
,
condense
,
condition
,
confine
,
constrain
,
constrict
,
consume
,
consume away
,
contract
,
control
,
corrode
,
crop
,
crumble
,
crush
,
curtail
,
cushion
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
debase
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
degrade
,
deliquesce
,
demean
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derogate
,
desiccate
,
detract
,
detract from
,
devalue
,
die away
,
die out
,
discredit
,
dismiss
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
dive
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
drain
,
draw in
,
drift away
,
droop
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dry up
,
dull
,
dump
,
dump on
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ease off
,
eat away
,
ebb
,
erode
,
extenuate
,
extract
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
file away
,
flag
,
foment
,
give relief
,
gloss over
,
go
,
go away
,
go in
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
humiliate
,
ignore
,
impair
,
keep within bounds
,
languish
,
lay
,
leach
,
leaven
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
let up
,
lighten
,
limit
,
lop
,
lower
,
lull
,
make allowance for
,
melt away
,
mince
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
move away
,
move off
,
narrow
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
palliate
,
pare
,
peter out
,
pine
,
play down
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
prune
,
pull away
,
purify
,
put down
,
qualify
,
recede
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
refine
,
regulate by
,
reject
,
relieve
,
remove
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrench
,
retrocede
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
run low
,
sag
,
salve
,
scale down
,
sear
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set down
,
set limits
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
simplify
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
slur over
,
smother
,
snape
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stand off
,
step down
,
stifle
,
straiten
,
stupe
,
subduct
,
subdue
,
subside
,
subtract
,
suppress
,
tail off
,
take away
,
take down
,
take from
,
tame
,
taper
,
taper off
,
temper
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tone down
,
trip up
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
varnish
,
vitiate
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
whitewash
,
widen the distance
,
wilt
,
wind down
,
withdraw
,
wither
,
wizen
,
write off
guardian angel
collapse
related words >
air warden
,
ancestral spirits
,
angel
,
attendant
,
attendant godling
,
caretaker
,
castellan
,
conservator
,
control
,
curator
,
custodian
,
daemon
,
demon
,
fairy godmother
,
familiar
,
familiar spirit
,
forest ranger
,
game warden
,
gamekeeper
,
genius
,
genius domus
,
genius loci
,
good angel
,
good genius
,
governor
,
guardian
,
guardian spirit
,
guide
,
household gods
,
invisible helper
,
janitor
,
keeper
,
lares and penates
,
lares compitales
,
lares familiaris
,
lares permarini
,
lares praestites
,
lares viales
,
lifeguard
,
lifesaver
,
manes
,
ministering angel
,
next friend
,
numen
,
penates
,
prochein ami
,
ranger
,
shepherd
,
special providence
,
steward
,
totem
,
tutelar god
,
tutelary
,
warden
,
warder
wager
collapse
related words >
adventure
,
ante
,
ante up
,
back
,
bet
,
bet on
,
blind bargain
,
book
,
borderline case
,
call
,
chance
,
chance it
,
chunk
,
contingency
,
cover
,
double contingency
,
fade
,
gamble
,
gamble on
,
game
,
guess
,
handbook
,
hazard
,
lay
,
lay a wager
,
lay down
,
make a bet
,
meet a bet
,
open question
,
parlay
,
pass
,
piece of guesswork
,
play
,
play against
,
plunge
,
pot
,
punt
,
put on
,
question
,
rely on fortune
,
risk
,
run a chance
,
run the risk
,
see
,
set
,
set at hazard
,
shot
,
sight-unseen transaction
,
stake
,
stand pat
,
take a chance
,
take a flier
,
take chances
,
tempt fortune
,
toss-up
,
touch and go
,
trust to chance
,
try the chance
,
undecided issue
,
venture
maneuver
collapse
an action aimed at evading an opponent
a move made to gain a tactical end
a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"
a military training exercise
act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship"
related words >
accomplished fact
,
accomplishment
,
achievement
,
act
,
act on
,
act upon
,
acta
,
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
adventure
,
amphibious operations
,
angle
,
answer
,
art
,
artful dodge
,
artifice
,
bank
,
be responsible for
,
bear a hand
,
beguile
,
blind
,
blow
,
bold
,
brew
,
cabal
,
call the signals
,
captain
,
carry on
,
carry out
,
carry through
,
chicanery
,
collude
,
combined operations
,
command
,
complot
,
concoct
,
conduct
,
connive
,
conspiracy
,
conspire
,
contrivance
,
contrive
,
control
,
convoy
,
cook up
,
countermine
,
countermove
,
counterplot
,
coup
,
courageous
,
course of action
,
crab
,
craft
,
cute trick
,
dauntless
,
deal with
,
dealings
,
deceit
,
deed
,
demarche
,
design
,
device
,
dip
,
direct
,
dispense
,
do something
,
do something about
,
dodge
,
doing
,
doings
,
drive
,
dry run
,
effort
,
endeavor
,
engineer
,
enterprise
,
execute a maneuver
,
expedient
,
exploit
,
fait accompli
,
fakement
,
fearless
,
feat
,
feather
,
feint
,
fetch
,
finagle
,
finesse
,
fishtail
,
fluid operations
,
frame
,
frame up
,
gambit
,
game
,
gerrymander
,
gest
,
get with it
,
gimmick
,
go
,
govern
,
grift
,
hand
,
handiwork
,
handle
,
hatch
,
hatch a plot
,
hatch up
,
head
,
head up
,
heave in together
,
improvisation
,
intrepid
,
intrigue
,
jig
,
job
,
jockey
,
jugglery
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
keep in formation
,
keep pointed
,
keep station
,
knavery
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
lay a plot
,
lead
,
lead on
,
lift a finger
,
little game
,
logistics
,
loop
,
machinate
,
machination
,
maintain position
,
make go
,
make the rules
,
makeshift
,
manage
,
maneuvers
,
manful
,
manipulate
,
manipulation
,
mastermind
,
means
,
measure
,
military operations
,
minor operations
,
mission
,
move
,
movement
,
navigate
,
officer
,
operate
,
operation
,
operations
,
order
,
overseas operations
,
overt act
,
passage
,
perform on
,
performance
,
pilot
,
pis aller
,
plan
,
play
,
play games
,
plot
,
plow
,
ploy
,
ply
,
porpoise
,
practice
,
prescribe
,
procedure
,
proceed
,
proceed with
,
proceeding
,
production
,
pull out
,
pull strings
,
pull the strings
,
pull up
,
push down
,
quarterback
,
racket
,
red herring
,
regulate
,
res gestae
,
resort
,
resource
,
rig
,
roll
,
run
,
ruse
,
scheme
,
see to
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
sideslip
,
skid
,
skipper
,
sleight
,
solution
,
spin
,
spiral
,
staff work
,
steam in line
,
steer
,
step
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
strategy
,
strike a blow
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
stunt
,
subterfuge
,
swing
,
tactic
,
take a hand
,
take action
,
take care of
,
take command
,
take measures
,
take steps
,
take the lead
,
temporary expedient
,
thing
,
thing done
,
tour de force
,
transaction
,
trick
,
trickery
,
trump
,
turn
,
unafraid
,
undaunted
,
undertaking
,
undulate
,
valiant
,
valorous
,
wangle
,
war game
,
war plans
,
wield
,
wile
,
wily device
,
work
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
,
works
,
yaw
expedient
collapse
a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"
appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"
related words >
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
advantageous
,
advisable
,
agency
,
answer
,
applicable
,
appropriate
,
apropos
,
art
,
artful dodge
,
artifice
,
auspicious
,
banausic
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
behind-the-scenes influence
,
beneficial
,
benevolent
,
blind
,
bon
,
bonny
,
braw
,
bueno
,
capital
,
chicanery
,
cogent
,
commendable
,
commodious
,
congruous
,
conspiracy
,
contrivance
,
convenient
,
correct
,
countermove
,
coup
,
course of action
,
craft
,
cute trick
,
deceit
,
decent
,
demarche
,
dernier ressort
,
design
,
desirable
,
device
,
devices
,
dodge
,
effective
,
effort
,
elegant
,
employable
,
estimable
,
excellent
,
expediency
,
expedients
,
fair
,
fakement
,
famous
,
favorable
,
feasible
,
feint
,
felicitous
,
fetch
,
fine
,
fit
,
fitten
,
fitting
,
fortunate
,
fructuous
,
functional
,
gambit
,
game
,
gimmick
,
going between
,
good
,
good for
,
goodly
,
grand
,
grift
,
happy
,
healthy
,
helpful
,
hope
,
improvisation
,
influence
,
instrument
,
instrumentality
,
intermediation
,
intrigue
,
judicious
,
jugglery
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
kind
,
knavery
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
laudable
,
likely
,
little game
,
lucky
,
machination
,
machinery
,
makeshift
,
maneuver
,
maneuvering
,
maneuvers
,
manipulation
,
means
,
measure
,
mechanism
,
mediation
,
medium
,
meet
,
move
,
nice
,
noble
,
of general utility
,
of help
,
of service
,
of use
,
opportune
,
pertinent
,
pis aller
,
pleasant
,
plot
,
ploy
,
politic
,
political influence
,
possible
,
practicable
,
practical
,
pragmatic
,
pragmatical
,
profitable
,
proper
,
propitious
,
providential
,
prudent
,
racket
,
recommendable
,
recommended
,
recourse
,
red herring
,
refuge
,
regal
,
resort
,
resource
,
right
,
ripe
,
royal
,
ruse
,
scheme
,
seasonable
,
seemly
,
service
,
serviceable
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
skillful
,
sleight
,
solution
,
sortable
,
sound
,
splendid
,
step
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
strategy
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
substitute
,
subterfuge
,
suitable
,
tactic
,
tactical
,
tactical maneuvers
,
tactics
,
temporary expedient
,
timely
,
to be desired
,
trick
,
trickery
,
trump
,
useful
,
utilitarian
,
valid
,
very good
,
virtuous
,
well-timed
,
wile
,
wily device
,
wire-pulling
,
wise
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
,
worthwhile
waiting game
collapse
a strategy of delay
related words >
a wise passiveness
,
acceptance
,
contemplation
,
contemplative life
,
do-nothing policy
,
do-nothingism
,
do-nothingness
,
dormancy
,
endurance
,
forbearance
,
forbearing
,
forbearingness
,
fortitude
,
idleness
,
immobility
,
inaction
,
inactivity
,
indolence
,
indulgence
,
inertia
,
inertness
,
laissez-aller
,
laissez-faire
,
laissez-faireism
,
lenience
,
leniency
,
long-sufferance
,
long-suffering
,
longanimity
,
meditation
,
neutralism
,
neutrality
,
neutralness
,
noninvolvement
,
nonparticipation
,
nonresistance
,
nonviolence
,
nonviolent resistance
,
pacifism
,
paralysis
,
passive resistance
,
passive self-annihilation
,
passiveness
,
passivism
,
passivity
,
patience
,
patience of Job
,
patientness
,
perseverance
,
policy
,
procrastination
,
quiescence
,
quietism
,
self-control
,
stagnancy
,
stagnation
,
standpattism
,
stasis
,
stoicism
,
sufferance
,
sweet reasonableness
,
tolerance
,
toleration
,
vegetation
,
vita contemplativa
,
waiting it out
,
watching and waiting
demise
collapse
related words >
abalienation
,
alienation
,
amortization
,
amortizement
,
annihilation
,
assignation
,
assignment
,
bane
,
bargain and sale
,
barter
,
bequeathal
,
biological death
,
cash in
,
cessation of life
,
cession
,
clinical death
,
conferment
,
conferral
,
consignation
,
consignment
,
conveyance
,
conveyancing
,
crossing the bar
,
curtains
,
death
,
death knell
,
debt of nature
,
decease
,
deeding
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
depart
,
departure
,
die
,
disposal
,
disposition
,
dissolution
,
doom
,
drop
,
dying
,
ebb of life
,
end
,
end of life
,
ending
,
enfeoffment
,
eternal rest
,
exchange
,
exit
,
expiration
,
expire
,
extinction
,
extinguishment
,
final summons
,
finger of death
,
giving
,
go
,
going
,
going off
,
grave
,
hand of death
,
jaws of death
,
knell
,
last debt
,
last muster
,
last rest
,
last roundup
,
last sleep
,
lease and release
,
leaving life
,
loss of life
,
making an end
,
parting
,
pass
,
pass away
,
passing
,
passing away
,
passing over
,
perishing
,
quietus
,
release
,
rest
,
reward
,
sale
,
sentence of death
,
settlement
,
settling
,
shades of death
,
shadow of death
,
silence
,
sleep
,
somatic death
,
succumb
,
summons of death
,
surrender
,
trading
,
transfer
,
transference
,
transmission
,
transmittal
,
vesting
extortion
collapse
the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"
an exorbitant charge
related words >
armed robbery
,
asportation
,
assault and robbery
,
badger game
,
banditry
,
bank robbery
,
blackmail
,
bloodsucking
,
call
,
call for
,
cattle lifting
,
cattle stealing
,
claim
,
contribution
,
demand
,
demand for
,
draft
,
drain
,
duty
,
exaction
,
exploitation
,
extortionate demand
,
heavy demand
,
heist
,
highway robbery
,
hijacking
,
holdup
,
imposition
,
impost
,
indent
,
insistent demand
,
levy
,
loan-sharking
,
mugging
,
nonnegotiable demand
,
notice
,
order
,
overassessment
,
overcharge
,
pocket picking
,
protection racket
,
purse snatching
,
rending
,
requirement
,
requisition
,
ripping
,
robbery
,
robbing
,
rush
,
rush order
,
shakedown
,
shylocking
,
stickup
,
stickup job
,
surcharge
,
tax
,
taxing
,
tearing
,
tribute
,
ultimatum
,
usury
,
vampirism
,
warning
,
wrench
,
wrenching
,
wrest
,
wresting
,
wring
,
wringing
ablate
collapse
remove an organ or bodily structure
wear away through erosion or vaporization
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
absorb
,
assimilate
,
atomize
,
bark
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
bleed white
,
break up
,
burn up
,
chafe
,
come apart
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
decay
,
decline
,
decompose
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
deplete
,
depreciate
,
die away
,
digest
,
diminish
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disorganize
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
dive
,
drain
,
drain of resources
,
dribble away
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
eat
,
eat up
,
ebb
,
erase
,
erode
,
exhaust
,
expend
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
fall to pieces
,
file
,
finish
,
finish off
,
fission
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
gnaw
,
gnaw away
,
gobble
,
gobble up
,
grate
,
graze
,
grind
,
impoverish
,
ingest
,
languish
,
lessen
,
let up
,
melt away
,
molder
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
rasp
,
raze
,
rub away
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
run low
,
sag
,
scour
,
scrape
,
scrub
,
scuff
,
shrink
,
sink
,
skin
,
spend
,
split
,
squander
,
subside
,
suck dry
,
swallow
,
swallow up
,
tail off
,
tatter
,
use up
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
wear off
,
wear out
,
wear ragged
,
weather
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